How HTTPS Makes Internet Traffic 99% Secure

Описание: Every time you send an HTTPS request online, you rely on clever protocols like TLS to ensure your private data is encrypted. But few internet users understand how this works, putting their faith in a simple padlock icon before submitting their credit card details.

No security technology is bulletproof, but understanding how browsers and HTTP clients use encryption and certificates helps minimise the risk to your private data.

In this video, you'll learn how applications use public & private key encryption to secure traffic across an internet that wasn't designed with security in mind. You'll see how certificates provide an essential defence against imposters trying to steal your data, as well as some of the not-so-well-known flaws of the system.

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0:00 The internet's inventors forgot to add security
1:21 Exchanging messages securely online with encryption
5:00 How certificates stop imposters stealing your data
7:35 Why HTTPS doesn't fix online security entirely

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